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Specializations => Phonetics and Phonology => Topic started by: Lilja on May 25, 2014, 06:10:31 AM
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Hello :D
I hope I have posted this in the right place!
How does one mark phonological and intonational phrases, and syllables in Praat? I've tried looking online for pictures that show this but I can't find any, if anybody knows of any or any tutorials for this kind of thing I'd be really grateful! I know how to do quite a bit with Praat but I'm really not sure what these two things are supposed to look like :(
Thanks!
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What do you mean by "mark"? There are really only two annotation categories: intervals and boundaries. If you wanted to break everything up into phrases of some sort or another, you'd probably just create a separate tier and then mark the extent of each tier as an interval.
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Thanks for replying! I know about all that, I was just wondering what to write in? For a syllable, should you use σ or write out the word in syllables i.e el - e - fant? I'm really stuck on phrases, I'm not sure how they should look ???
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Ah. Your question isn't really so much about Praat, then, but rather just annotations for syllable boundaries and prosodic units.
Generally speaking, syllables are marked with a period: [pɑl.ɪ.sɪ.læb.ɪk]
If you want to mark primary and secondary stress, you can do that with high and low tick marks: [ˌpɑl.ɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk]
Minor intonation breaks are generally marked with a single line | and phrase breaks with a double line ‖